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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Do-it-yourself garden projects

Book inspires do-it-yourself garden projects

Turn garage clutter into focal points for your garden JANUARY 19, 2012Garden designer Lorene Edwards shows how to take the stuff cluttering the garage and make it the focal point for a garden in "Handmade Garden Projects." (Akron Beacon Journal/MCT)Photograph by: Handout, MCT===================================================The stuff that’s cluttering your garage could become focal points for your garden.

Garden designer Lorene Edwards Forkner shows how in Handmade Garden Projects. The book is filled with ideas for turning unused items and common materials into decorative and functional garden accents.

Old vinyl records, for example, become funky flowers to hang on a garden wall. Bamboo poles become garden edging. Galvanized pipes become a pergola.